The Portage la Prairie Planning District has released its December housing starts report and it shows an overall decrease in permits and permits values over the entire year.

For December, 9 permits valued at $1.1 million were issued, for a total of 280 permits worth just over $66 million. Most of that number comes from residential new single permits and industrial permits. That's compared to 2021 where 372 permits were issued valued at just over $72 million. $29 million of that alone came from new multi residential permits.

We have the report for 2022 and 2021 year-to-date below, and you can check last year's story to see the previous few years as well.

January Housing Starts